Azkali grammar: Difference between revisions
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== Nouns == | == Nouns == | ||
Azkali nouns are overtly declined for six grammatical cases (the | Azkali nouns are overtly declined for six grammatical cases (the ergative, absolutive, possessive, privative, dative, and instrumental) and three numbers (the singular, paucal, and plural), with any type of grammatical gender being completely absent in all attested dialects. Azkali nouns are constructed agglunatively, contrasting extremely with verbs. | ||
=== Pronouns === | === Pronouns === | ||
==== Personal pronouns ==== | ==== Personal pronouns ==== | ||
The following table shows each pronoun in Azkali, declining for case and number. | The following table shows each personal pronoun in Azkali, declining for case and number. | ||
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|tet | |tet | ||
| colspan="3" |het | | colspan="3" |het | ||
|tzego | | rowspan="2" |tzego | ||
|tzeutu | | rowspan="2" |tzeutu | ||
|tzere | | rowspan="2" |tzere | ||
|geo | | rowspan="2" |geo | ||
|teo | | rowspan="2" |teo | ||
|keo | | rowspan="2" |keo | ||
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!Instrumental | !Instrumental | ||
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|tukoz | |tukoz | ||
| colspan="3" |hekoz | | colspan="3" |hekoz | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Case === | === Case === | ||
Grammatical case, or the direct inflection of nouns based on their grammatical roles or functions, is used prevalently in Azkali. In Azkali, there are six canonical grammatical cases; | Grammatical case, or the direct inflection of nouns based on their grammatical roles or functions, is used prevalently in Azkali. In Azkali, there are six canonical grammatical cases; | ||